Portugal's Finance Minister and the Governor of the Bank of Portugal both have been summoned to parliament at the request of the Left Bloc to explain the circumstances of the resignation of Vítor Bento and his management team, from Novo Banco.

"It has been alleged that there were disagreements between the management charged with restructuring Novo Banco and the Bank of Portugal’s policy objectives for a quick sale of the institution. Faced with this situation which has ensured BES still is in turbulence, and taking into account that Novo Banco is owned by the Resolution Fund which is funded with public money, more explanations are needed, as well as clarification of the goals of the government and the Bank of Portugal regarding Novo Banco" read the Left Bloc’s submission.

The project to construct a golf course on farmland to the west of Silves has been severely criticised by Quercus, the environmental group which fears the further destruction of the Algarve’s natural heritage.

The public consultation phase has ended and Quercus has let the developer and Silves council know of its objections.

The UK's Staffordshire Police have issued an international arrest warrant for a Portuguese man convicted in the UK of the rape in 2012 of a 12-year old girl.

António Pedro de Alves was convicted and sentenced to 11 years in jail but as he was on bail pending his trial had decided to avoid the inconvenienced of being locked up and, as he still had his passport, now could be anywhere.

Heathcare in the Algarve is just fine, according to those charged with managing the region’s hospitals and health centres but the Parliamentary Group of the Communist party has presented a draft resolution to Parliament outlining the dire reality.

This resolution will be debated and voted on later this week and includes a "dramatic portrayal of the degradation of primary health care in the Algarve” and presents a set of recommendations to the Government to ensure the provision of quality health care to the region’s population.

The Ministry of Justice released a bold statement today announcing that the computerised court case management system Citius now is working for new cases and that existing cases will be migrated "gradually."

Last week the Secretary of State for Justice promised a disaster progress report. Today the Institute for Financial Management and Equipment of Justice stated that "it is assured that starting today there will be full access to all features of the Citius platform that supports the activity of courts and new cases."

The Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) has been using the Algarve’s white elephant stadium near Faro for its 'home' matches, but no longer as the degrading treatment of fans last week as Gibraltar lined up to play Poland has led to a boycott of the Algarve venue.

Louis Wink, the GFA’s Head of Integrity and Security, in an exclusive interview with Panorama - Gibraltar’s first newspaper on the web - has said that the Gibraltar Football Association were utterly appalled with the treatment last week by the Portuguese contracted security company on local supporters as they entered the stadium in Faro before Gibraltar played their Euro qualifying match with Poland.

The achingly beautiful Belmarço Palace in Faro was left empty by the Portuguese government having abandoned its development plans years ago after wasting €250,000 of taxpayers’ money.

To add insult to injury the government now has sold the building to a drinks wholesaler for a further irretrievable loss.

By the end of its current term of office, the council of Alcoutim wants to create two river beaches at Odeleite dam.

The plan had been festering in an in-tray at the Ministry of Environment for a decade, according to former mayor Francisco Amaral.